Ryan Garcia gets the sense Gervonta Davis views him as an opponent he’d beat easily.

The 21-year-old Garcia hopes he gets the opportunity to prove Davis wrong because he sees plenty of flaws in the unbeaten Baltimore native. Garcia broke down his possible lightweight showdown with Davis during the newest episode of “Stars And Champions,” which aired Friday night on Impact Network.

“I’ve gotta be careful,” Garcia told host Dan Rafael, a BoxingScene.com contributor. “I don’t wanna give out too many answers, Dan. But if I’ve got to give one, I would definitely give this one – it’s obvious he’s a shorter fighter. So, it’s obvious that my distance will play a key.”

Garcia stands 5-feet-10, approximately four inches taller than the left-handed Davis. The 25-year-old Davis has knocked out all but one of his pro opponents (23-0, 22 KOs), but Garcia believes the WBA world 135-pound champion is underestimating him.

“But also, there’s a hidden factor in this,” Garcia continued. “What I know for a fact, what Gervonta is thinking in his mind, ‘This boy is too small. I’m gonna walk right through him.’ And then, that’s the question. Will he walk right through me? I know for a fact he won’t. But we have to wait and see. He has to come [within] reach. There’s no doubt about it. He’s shorter than me. He has to reach to hit me. Can you land that punch? I’m not a dumb fighter. I’m gonna see a punch coming.

“And he doesn’t have no tricks. He ducks down and comes up every time, and just lays in. He has good timing – I’ll give him that. But I’m not gonna fall for a fake to the body, coming up to the top. I’m just not. It’s the only trick he does. I’m not gonna fall for that. But we’ll see. Maybe he has other little tricks up his sleeve, but I don’t believe so.”

Despite social media exchanges between them, it doesn’t seem like a Davis-Garcia fight will happen in the foreseeable future.

Davis is expected to face four-division champion Leo Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) in his first fight following the COVID-19 pandemic. Their Showtime Pay-Per-View bout, which likely will take place some time in the fall, will be contested for Santa Cruz’s WBA “super” 130-pound championship, a title Davis vacated last year to move up to the lightweight division.

Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) could return to the ring July 4, if Golden Boy Promotions is allowed to stage a show in California by then. The Victorville, California, native’s opponent hasn’t been chosen, but Garcia’s fight against former lightweight champion Jorge Linares (47-5, 29 KOs) has been pushed back until later this year.

Garcia-Linares was in the works for July 11 at Staples Center in Los Angeles before the coronavirus crisis brought boxing to a halt in the middle of March.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.